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 Queen Camilla - Sue Townsend
 Queen Camilla - Sue Townsend ... fearful place, Prince Charles has been living quietly on a bleak council estate, The Flower Exclusion Zone (known locally as 'The Fez), with his wife and love of his life, Camilla. He enjoys gardening and poultry keeping while Camilla spends her days doing as little as possible, alongside their fellow ASBO-subjected neighbours. But life is about to change... Charles refuses to follow his destiny unless his wife can be Queen - and public opinion suggests the people would rather have Jordan than Camilla on the throne. But no sooner has Prince William offered himself as the next monarch, than one Graham Cracknall of Ruislip emerges - claiming to be Charles and Camilla's secret love child, and therefore the rightful heir to the crown. When the battle for the Crown begins the dogs on the Fez begin a struggle of their own - one that sweeps across the dog population of England. As Harris, the Queen's irascible corgi says, 'we've been domesticated for too long, it's time we showed our bleeding teeth.' Will sanity prevail over the right royal cock up that England has become? Or will chaos reign supreme? Queen Camilla shows Sue Townsend at her very best - sharp, satirical and utterly hilarious from the first page to the last.Newest Review: ... in fact. Charles and Camilla are content in their existence, pottering about, growing organic vegetables and trying to ... more ... cajole their hens to lay even a solitary egg.
Harry is a rap-loving hoodie and William earns an honest crust working with a local scaffolding company.
The Queen lives alone with her dogs as Philip resides in appalling conditions in Frank Bruno House, a nursing home.
In the outside world the Prime Minister and Leader of the Cromwell party, Jack Barker, has had it with politics and devises an ingenious plan to lose the next General Election. The leader of the Opposition, Boy English, a "toff-lite" has vowed t...more |
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Queen Camilla - Sue Townsend: When the Government is totally Barking.... (635 words)
by - written on 17/11/08 (Very useful, 433 readings)
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I was drawn to this book in our local library by three things; I have read and enjoyed Sue Townsend's work previously, notably the Adrian Mole series, the title "Queen Camilla" intrigued me and the comical caricature on the cover of Camilla Windsor (or whatever she is called these days!) wearing a crown, with a fag hanging out the side of her mouth. (So not the cover pictured on Dooyoo!) So what is it all about? It is an irreverent and hilarious look into the (near) future, when the UK has been declared a republic. The Royal family have been de-throned and exiled to an exclusion zone where they live in Hell ... Read the complete review
Queen of the exclusion zone soap watchers (655 words)
by - written on 05/08/08 (Very useful, 197 readings)
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Queen Camilla follows the royal family, who find themselves in exile thanks to the policies of the government of the Cromwell Party. Jack Barker, the Prime Minister, is an avowed republican and has sent the royals to the Flowers Exclusion Zone in the Midlands. This is run by local "businessman" Arthur Grice, who has risen to the top thanks to a life of thuggery and business acumen, and the estate is captive to all his businesses, including even the school (Arthur Grice Academy) and the privatised police force. Here we meet the only straight copper on the beat, Dwayne Lockhart, who has joined in part to escape his undesirable status from his family in the zone. ... Read the complete review
Queen Camilla - Sue Townsend: How the royal family should be (988 words)
by - written on 22/02/07 (Very useful, 322 readings)
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Among my husband's mammoth Christmas list ( he always knows exactly what he wants unfortunately ) there was a copy of Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend . He has been an ardent fan of Ms Townsend since her first Adrian Mole books . Having read all of those books up to and including The Cappuccino Years , he had seen this one and quite fancied it . So here we are middle of February and he still hasn't looked at it , but I have . Having had some time to spare I picked this book up one evening not quite knowing what to expect . I have never read any of the author's other books and had not read any reviews of this particular book , so I had no idea what to expect ... Read the complete review
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